Overexpression of SlCZFP1, a Novel TFIIIA-type Zinc Finger Protein from Tomato, Confers Enhanced Cold Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis and Rice

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-196

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Guo, Xiuping ^a   Lei, Cailin ^a   Cheng, Zhijun ^a   Lin, Qibin ^a   Wang, Jiulin ^a   Wu, Fuqing ^a   Wang, Jie ^a   Wan, Jianmin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C2H2 type zinc finger protein; Cold stress; SlCZFP1; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 79251648576     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-010-0223-z     Document Type: Article

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